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enPutrid Poll: Dubious Family Research Council Survey Finds Most Americans Want Politics In The Pulpit https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/putrid-poll-dubious-family-research-council-survey-finds-most-americans
<a href="/about/people/simon-brown">Simon Brown</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Neither Americans United nor anyone else is telling pastors that they can’t discuss politics or issues. We remind houses of worship that they are not permitted to endorse political candidates, and nothing more. We see this is an important public service intended to keep churches from getting into trouble, to protect houses of worship from becoming nothing more than political machines and to make sure the law is obeyed.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>Is asking pastors to follow the law regarding pulpit politicking akin to bullying clergy? <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/61-percent-of-americans-believe-pastors-and-churches-should-challenge-the-obama-administration-on-religious-liberty-issues-then-why-arent-they-115465/">The Religious Right seems to think so</a>.</p><p>Last week, a former Tennessee lawmaker and current editor for the <em>Christian Post</em> named Paul Stanley (presumably no relation to the front man for the band KISS), said that the Family Research Council (FRC), which is still a hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, commissioned a poll recently that asked how Americans feel about politics in the pulpit. </p><p><a href="http://pollingcompany.com/poll-vault/new-tpcwt-poll-on-behalf-of-family-research-council/">According to the survey</a>, which was conducted by something called the polling company, inc./WomanTrend, 61 percent of Americans said in February that the Obama administration should be challenged by churches on issues regarding religious liberty.</p><p>And yet, Stanley wrote, most pastors won’t speak out against Obama’s supposed tyranny. Why not? Because groups like Americans United are intimidating them.</p><p> “Even though such bully tactics often convince pastors they cannot utter a word about government or civic issues, the good news is not one single church – not one – has lost their status as a result of these threats,” Stanley wrote. “Yet [Americans United Executive Director Barry] Lynn sends them like clock work [sic] every election cycle.”</p><p>Let’s start by focusing on those two sentences, which contain multiple inaccuracies. First, AU’s letters <a href="https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/information-not-intimidation-religious-right-group-falsely-accuses-au-of">are not intended to give the impression </a>that pastors are not allowed to “utter a word” on political issues, candidates or government policies. The tax code does not prohibit churches or other 501(c)(3) organizations from discussing any of those things just so long as they do not endorse anyone for public office. AU has never suggested otherwise. </p><p>Second, one church has lost its tax exemption thanks to political activity. The Church at Pierce Creek in Binghamton, N.Y., was stripped of its tax-exempt status after it ran newspaper ads telling people not to vote for Bill Clinton in 1992. And in related news, Jerry Falwell Sr.’s Old Time Gospel Hour lost its tax exemption for two years for partisan political intervention and had to pay $50,000 in fines. It seems Stanley is either ignorant of those facts or chooses to ignore them. Either way, let’s move on.</p><p>(Side note: There are a whole lot of phony claims throughout this column, and it’s honestly too much to address in a single blog post. Just trust that if you read Stanley’s entire diatribe, you’re going to be frustrated.) </p><p>The survey Stanley cites is pretty suspect. While the polling company, inc./WomanTrend may have called 1,000 people over the age of 18 on both landlines and cell phones, as they claim, the reality is poll numbers can be easily fudged by asking loaded questions. And it’s hard to imagine a group like FRC funding anything that didn’t support its agenda.</p><p>More accurate polls show <a href="https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/noble-advice-keep-the-church-out-of-partisan-politics">a much different result</a>. LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found a whopping 87 percent of Protestant pastors disagreed that clergy should endorse candidates in church in a poll released in October 2012. This is a slight increase from a December 2010 survey in which 84 percent of pastors said ministers shouldn’t do so.</p><p>Even 86 percent of evangelical pastors, the wheelhouse of the Religious Right, said pastors should not endorse anyone from the pulpit. But it gets better still: 82 percent of pastors who identified as Republicans felt such endorsements are wrong (compared with 98 percent of pastors who identify as Democrats).</p><p>When it comes to personal endorsements made by clergy away from the pulpit, which Stanley advocated in his column and is not a violation of federal tax law for 501(c)(3) organizations, many pastors still expressed reluctance. LifeWay found that 52 percent of the 1,000 pastors surveyed have not endorsed candidates this year even outside of their ministerial capacity. </p><p>It’s important to remember that the SBC isn’t exactly a proponent of church-state separation, so it seems their findings are more credible in this case.</p><p>Stanley went on to attack the basis for the tax code’s prohibition against pulpit politicking, quoting the Rev. Rafael Cruz (a Religious Right ally and father of Tea Party deity U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas), that the author of the no-politicking provision, then-U.S. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, was out to punish churches who had campaigned against him.</p><p>Once again, this is wrong. Even the Alliance Defending Freedom, an Arizona-based Religious Right legal outfit founded by radio and television preachers, which is <a href="http://www.speakupmovement.org/church">perhaps the strongest proponent </a>of church politicking, <a href="http://www.speakupmovement.org/church/LearnMore/details/5252">says that story isn’t true</a>.</p><p>“The Johnson Amendment was added to the tax code as a result of the political machinations of Lyndon B. Johnson who was running for reelection to the United States Senate,” the ADF says on its website. “One scholar who studied this extensively concluded that the Johnson Amendment ‘is not rooted in constitutional provisions for separation of church and state…. Johnson was not trying to address any constitutional issue related to separation of church and state; and he did not offer the amendment because of anything that churches had done.’”</p><p>Seemingly for good measure, Stanley also took a shot at church-state separation. He quoted Cruz, who, during a press conference organized by FRC, said, “This poll is collaborating evidence for what we are doing in trying to encourage pastors. Jesus said we are the light of the world. Unfortunately too many pastors have been intimidated by a misunderstanding of separation of church and state, which is not found in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. As a result of that, a large percentage of pastors have failed to lead the flock.”</p><p>There is no “misunderstanding” about church-state separation. Courts have said that church-state separation IS found in the U.S. Constitution, and what the Declaration of Independence says or doesn’t say is irrelevant to legal discussions because it’s not a governance document.</p><p>Neither Americans United nor anyone else is telling pastors that they can’t discuss politics or issues. We remind houses of worship that they are not permitted to endorse political candidates, and nothing more. We see this as an important public service intended to keep churches from getting into trouble, to protect houses of worship from becoming nothing more than political machines and to make sure the law is obeyed.</p><p>If that makes us a “bully” then that term needs to be redefined. </p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/religious-groups%E2%80%99-involvement-in-candidate-elections">Religious Groups’ Involvement in Candidate Elections</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/paul-r-stanley">Paul R. Stanley</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/christian-post">Christian Post</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/lifeway-research">LifeWay Research</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/the-polling">the polling</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/incwomen-trend">inc/Women Trend</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/alliance-defending-freedom">Alliance Defending Freedom</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/rafael-cruz">Rafael Cruz</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/family-research-council">Family Research Council</a></span></div></div>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:38:32 +0000Simon Brown9718 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/putrid-poll-dubious-family-research-council-survey-finds-most-americans#commentsNoble Advice: Keep The Church Out Of Partisan Politics https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/noble-advice-keep-the-church-out-of-partisan-politics
<a href="/about/people/simon-brown">Simon Brown</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A poll released this month by LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found a whopping 87 percent of Protestant pastors disagreed that clergy should endorse candidates in church.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>The Religious Right makes it seem like nearly every pastor in America would endorse political candidates from the pulpit if only the pesky tax code didn’t prohibit it, but a new survey shows that couldn’t be further from the truth.</p><p><a href="http://www.lifeway.com/ArticleView?storeId=10054&amp;catalogId=10001&amp;langId=-1&amp;article=research-majority-pastors-disapprove-pulpit-endorsements">A poll released this month</a> by LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found a whopping 87 percent of Protestant pastors disagreed that clergy should endorse candidates in church. This is a slight increase from a December 2010 survey in which 84 percent of pastors said ministers shouldn’t do so.</p><p>But what about evangelical pastors, the wheelhouse of the Religious Right? An overwhelming majority of them (86 percent) said pastors should not endorse anyone from the pulpit. Even 82 percent of pastors who identified as Republicans felt such endorsements are wrong (compared with 98 percent of pastors who identify as Democrats).</p><p>When it comes to personal endorsements made by clergy away from the pulpit, which is not a violation of federal tax law for 501(c)(3) organizations, many pastors still expressed reluctance. LifeWay found that 52 percent of the 1,000 pastors surveyed have not endorsed candidates this year even outside of their ministerial capacity. </p><p>The survey was taken ahead of “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” an annual stunt staged by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an Arizona-based legal outfit founded by radio and TV preachers. Since 2008, the ADF has encouraged pastors to endorse or oppose candidates for office in the hope that the IRS will revoke the tax exemption of a church. This would then allow the ADF to challenge that pulpit politicking prohibition in court in the hope that it would be found unconstitutional.</p><p>To date, the ADF hasn’t achieved its goal, <a href="http://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/sunday-scofflaws-it-s-time-for-the-irs-to-crack-down-on-pulpit-freedom">but it did claim a record number of “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” participants this year</a> with more than 1,500. But less than two weeks later, the leader of a South Carolina megachurch (<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/perry-noble-never-pretty-when-the-church-crawls-in-bed-with-politics-83491/">that averages about 16,000 attendees on weekends</a>) slammed the whole idea of preachers telling their flocks how to vote.</p><p><a href="http://www.perrynoble.com/2012/10/17/the-church-politics-a-mess/">In a scathing piece on his personal website</a>, Pastor Perry Noble of NewSpring Church said “it’s never pretty when the church crawls in bed with politics.”</p><p>Noble went on to explain that anyone who seeks salvation from a politician is looking in the wrong place.</p><p>“I have a question for Republicans and Democrats alike…how is putting your hope in a political savior going for you?” Noble asked. “Four years ago the nation was captivated by Barack Obama, a man who promised ‘hope’ and ‘change.’ Here we are four years later, the housing market has not recovered, the unemployment rate is still hovering around 8% and like it or not America is considered weak when it comes to foreign policy.”</p><p>Noble then questioned whether anyone genuinely believes “a Romney victory is going to save the direction of this country?” Given that many evangelicals think Mormonism is a cult, I’m betting they don’t actually have high hopes for Romney.</p><p>Ultimately, Noble concluded, “The more I read Scripture the more it is obvious that when the people of God depend on a political savior rather than a heavenly one the result is always disappointment.</p><p>“All too often churches are seemingly becoming obsessed with our government passing legislation regarding abortion, homosexual marriage and other hot button topics, believing that the passing of a particular law will somehow stop the downward spiral our country is obviously on,” Noble said. “The REAL issue the church has been called to deal with is the condition of the human heart. Yes, our country is in desperate need of change…but the kind brought about when God’s grace collides with our sinfulness.”</p><p>Those comments are among the best and most direct condemnation by a pastor in recent memory of the entire Religious Right movement in the United States. That they came from the leader of a southern megachurch is extremely important and powerful.</p><p>What Noble’s words and the LifeWay survey show are that the Religious Right is fighting a misguided battle on behalf of a small segment of the population. That doesn’t mean the Religious Right isn’t powerful or shouldn’t be taken seriously, but it shows that a very small number of people are trying to control the lives of hundreds of millions who disagree with their principles.</p><p>This is why it is so important to stand up to the Religious Right, and why Americans United works so hard, every day, to oppose those who think they have the right to control everyone else.</p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/religious-groups%E2%80%99-involvement-in-candidate-elections">Religious Groups’ Involvement in Candidate Elections</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/lifeway-research">LifeWay Research</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/southern-baptist-convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/perry-noble">Perry Noble</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/alliance-defending-freedom">Alliance Defending Freedom</a></span></div></div>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:11:25 +0000Simon Brown7652 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/noble-advice-keep-the-church-out-of-partisan-politics#commentsCandidates And Religion: Voters Want Policy Plans, Not A Profession Of Faithhttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/candidates-and-religion-voters-want-policy-plans-not-a-profession-of-faith
<a href="/about/people/simon-brown">Simon Brown</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Most Americans, including most conservative Christians, don’t want to be beaten over the head with religious rants from politicians.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>During this election cycle, a lot of candidates have been pandering incessantly to the Religious Right under the assumption that wearing one’s religion on one’s sleeve will mean more votes.</p><p>Turns out they’re wrong.</p><p>A <a href="http://www.lifeway.com/Article/Study-Americans-weigh-in-on-political-candidates-who-express-their-faith">survey</a> conducted by LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that just 16 percent of Americans are more likely to vote for a candidate who speaks regularly about his or her religious beliefs.</p><p>In fact, religious discussion is a turnoff for many voters. Thirty percent of poll respondents said they were less likely to vote for candidates who flaunt their religious commitments.</p><p>This just goes to show how out of touch some politicians really are. </p><p>"Different people get a different picture in their mind when a political candidate shares or shows their religious convictions," said Scott McConnell, director of LifeWay Research. "While some Americans warm up to this, many don't see it as a positive."</p><p>The survey also revealed some interesting trends about voting preferences by age and race.</p><p>Thirty-seven percent of Americans age 65 and over were the most likely to say a candidate's expressed religious views would have zero influence on their choice of a candidate.</p><p>African Americans are the most likely to dislike religious expression by office seekers, with a mere 2 percent saying they would be "more likely to vote for the candidate" who expresses his or her beliefs regularly. Forty-three percent of African Americans said they would be less likely to vote for an outspoken religious candidate, followed by 41 percent of Hispanic Americans who said the same thing.</p><p>Respondents who identified as born-again, evangelical or fundamentalist Christian are only 17 percent "more likely to vote for the candidate" espousing religious convictions compared to voters who do not share their beliefs. Similarly, these self-identified conservative Christians are only 16 percent more likely to choose "depends on the religion" when picking a candidate compared to those who do not identify with these beliefs.</p><p>The least surprising finding was that nonreligious Americans don’t like overly religious candidates. Sixty-seven percent of respondents who do not attend worship services said a candidate's repeated religious rhetoric would make them "less likely to vote for a candidate." Just 3 percent would be more likely to vote for the candidate.</p><p>Every candidate for public office should take a look at this survey because it shows that most Americans, including most conservative Christians, don’t want to be beaten over the head with religious rants from politicians.</p><p>Americans definitely favor office seekers who have moral grounding, they just want to get beyond theological discussion and hear what these folks have to say about other matters, like, you know, how they would govern. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/descriptions-and-activities-religious-right-groups">Descriptions and Activities of Religious Right Groups</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/lifeway-research">LifeWay Research</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/southern-baptist-convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a></span></div></div>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:59:02 +0000Simon Brown6707 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/candidates-and-religion-voters-want-policy-plans-not-a-profession-of-faith#commentsHurricane Gus Update: Church Politicking Scheme Is Category 4 Threat To American Democracyhttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/hurricane-gus-update-church-politicking-scheme-is-category-4-threat-to
<a href="/about/people/joseph-l-conn">Joseph L. Conn</a><div class="field field-name-field-blog-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/blogs/wall-of-separation">Wall of Separation</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-callout field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">As Pastor Booth helpfully notes, they want to control all aspects of your life, from the voting booth to the bedroom.
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="prose"><p>The Rev. Gus Booth is one of a handful of clergy who plan to endorse political candidates from the pulpit this Sunday as part of a Religious Right scheme to turn churches into a right-wing political machine.</p>
<p>Booth, pastor of the Warroad Community Church in Warroad, Minn., says he has every right to tell his parishioners how to vote.</p>
<p>"If we can tell you what to do in the bedroom, we can certainly tell you what to do in the voting booth," Booth <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/septemberweb-only/139-41.0.html">told the Religion News Service's Adelle Banks.</a> "The voting booth is not some sort of sacred cow that you can't talk about. You're supposed to bring the gospel into every area of life."</p>
<p>Okaaaaay.</p>
<p>I don't know about you, but I would just as soon that Pastor Booth stay out of both my bedroom and the voting booth (certainly when I'm in it).</p>
<p>Apparently I'm not alone. On Wednesday, Baptist Press released <a href="http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=28983&amp;ref=BPNews-RSSFeed0924">a new LifeWay Research poll</a> that had some astounding figures in it.</p>
<p>According to this public opinion survey, 75 percent of Americans do not believe "it is appropriate for churches to publicly endorse candidates for public office." What's more, 85 percent think it is not "appropriate for churches to use their resources to campaign for candidates for public office." Eighty-seven percent do not "believe it is appropriate for pastors to publicly endorse candidates for public office during a church service."</p>
<p>Now, LifeWay is not some godless liberal outfit that is trying to bring secularism to America, as the Religious Right might put it. In fact, LifeWay is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, a denomination whose leadership is squarely in the Religious Right camp. (They must have cringed when these poll results rolled in.)</p>
<p>I know we've talked a lot about the Alliance Defense Fund's diabolical church-politicking scheme here at The Wall of Separation. But it's rare when a Religious Right group is so upfront about the radical, disastrous changes they want to foist on America.</p>
<p>Americans know that politicizing our churches is terrible thing to do. It will divide our communities along religious lines, undercutting our secular and pluralistic democracy. If elections boil down to which churches can turn out the most voters from their own pews, the majority faiths will control the government and church-state separation and interfaith peace are sure to fall by the wayside.</p>
<p>Partisanship in the pulpit is also disastrous for religion. It will split congregations, pitting church members against each other and against their religious leaders. And it will open the door to manipulation by unscrupulous politicians. The integrity of houses of worship will almost certainly be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.</p>
<p>Yesterday, a Methodist pastor in Georgia roundly denounced the ADF scheme.</p>
<p>"Such a plan is foolhardy and ill-advised," <a href="http://savannahnow.com/node/579983">wrote the Rev. Creede Hinshaw in the Savannah Morning News.</a> "The wall of separation between church and state is already porous, but this action, if successful, could cause a disastrous flood. The average American worshiper does not want to drive into the church parking lot to be assaulted by campaign signs endorsing a candidate for mayor or president."</p>
<p>Hinshaw, pastor of Savannah's Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, said churches will be harmed by partisanship.</p>
<p>"From first-hand experience I assure you it's not a pretty picture to attend a regional or national church convention when the election of a bishop or moderator is at stake," observed Hinshaw. "The church can descend into partisan politics all too quickly, often with a thin veneer of piety, and I'm not eager to see that extended to secular politics. Here's one case where Caesar is saving us from ourselves."</p>
<p>In spite of the overwhelming sentiment of the American people and the wishes of the vast majority of clergy, however, Pastor Booth's friends at the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) are prodding evangelical pastors around the country to misuse their tax-exempt pulpits this Sunday to endorse political candidates. (Booth, a delegate to this year's National Republican Convention, says he'll be pushing John McCain.)</p>
<p>The ADF's founders – TV preachers, radio ranters and other right-wing types – have long sought to forge fundamentalist church-goers into a disciplined voting bloc, and this is their latest gambit. As Pastor Booth helpfully notes, they want to control all aspects of your life, from the voting booth to the bedroom.</p>
<p>Booth, of course, has a broadly protected right to tell his congregants what to think about a wide variety of religious, moral and, yes, political matters. The Constitution protects his freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I personally don't want his advice on any of those things. If his congregants do want his recommendations on how best to fold their bed sheets, it's up to them.</p>
<p>But if Booth's church wants to keep its tax exemption, it cannot endorse partisan political candidates. That's a simple rule of the IRS Code that applies to all churches, charities and educational groups with a 501(c)(3) status.</p>
<p>Americans United for Separation of Church and State reported Booth's church to the IRS earlier this year when he gave a Sunday sermon insisting that Christians could not vote for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. If he abuses his congregation's tax-exempt status this Sunday, we'll do it again.</p>
</div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Issues:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/issues/churches-and-politics">Churches and Politics</a></span></div></div><div class="tags clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/alliance-defense-fund-adf">Alliance Defense Fund (ADF)</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/americans-united-separation-church-and-state">Americans United for Separation of Church and State</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/creede-hinshaw">Creede Hinshaw</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/election-08">Election &#039;08</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/gus-booth">Gus Booth</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/internal-revenue-service-irs">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</a></span>, <span class="field-item"><a href="/tags/lifeway-research">LifeWay Research</a></span></div></div>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:32:02 +0000Joseph L. Conn1536 at https://www.au.orghttps://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/hurricane-gus-update-church-politicking-scheme-is-category-4-threat-to#comments